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Syria’s Post-Conflict Reconstruction to Cost at Least $216 Billion: World Bank —————————————- According to a report by the World Bank, Syria faces a staggering reconstruction bill of at least $216 billion, as the country recovers from over a decade of…

Shia Residents of Daikundi Donate Over 1 Million Afghanis to Earthquake Victims in Eastern Afghanistan Local officials in Afghanistan’s Daikundi province announced that residents of the predominantly Shia region have raised over one million Afghanis to assist victims of the…

UK Hosts Global Hazara Solidarity Day in Canterbury ———————————— The Hazara Association in Britain marked Global Hazara Solidarity Day with a large gathering in the city of Canterbury, attended by members of the Hazara community as well as several cultural…

French Scholar: “The West Sees Islam not as a Different Culture but as an Existential Threat” —————————————- French scholar and specialist in Eastern studies, Olivier Roy, in an analytical interview observed that the Western view of Islam has shifted from…

UK Removes Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham from Terror List …………….. The British government has removed Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former al-Qaeda affiliate that led the Syrian rebel alliance which helped oust President Bashar al-Assad, from its list of banned terrorist…

World Bank Estimates Syria’s Reconstruction Costs at $216 Billion …………… The World Bank has estimated the cost of rebuilding Syria after more than 13 years of war at $216 billion, highlighting the scale of the challenge facing the country’s new…

Pakistan Confirms New Polio Case, Total Reaches 30 Nationwide ……………. Pakistan’s Health Ministry has confirmed a new polio case in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, bringing the country’s total to 30 infections this year, Khaama Press reported. The latest…

Humanitarian Crisis in Eastern Afghanistan: Over 212,000 Children at Risk of Deadly Diseases ——————————— The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has issued a dire warning that the humanitarian situation in eastern Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating following devastating earthquakes, placing over…

Pakistan Demolishes Over 1,200 Homes in Afghan Refugee Settlement ……….. Pakistan has demolished more than 1,200 homes in a long-standing Afghan refugee settlement in Karachi as part of an ongoing nationwide deportation campaign targeting undocumented Afghans, according to Khaama Press.…

Saudi Arabia’s growing dominance in international football — described by a former FIFA president as a “shift of the game’s center of gravity from Europe to Riyadh” — has intensified debate over the kingdom’s use of soft power while its…